Welcome to St Mary's Buckden.
This week, 29th September to 5th October, at St Marys Buckden the church is open to visitors every day, so do come in and take a look around.
Services in St Mary’s this week are as follows:-
Monday Buckden School are visiting for their Harvest Festival (no morning prayer today)
Wednesday 10am Mid-week morning prayer
Saturday 4th October 2.30pm LLM Licensing and Triennial at Ely Cathedral
Sunday 5th October 8am Holy Communion, 11am Harvest Festival & LLM Welcome. Our sister church, All Saints in the Offords, also has a Harvest Festival service at 11.am.
Other events this week - please do join us, all welcome
Monday 1.30pm Bible Study & 7.30pm Bell-ringing practice
Wednesday 11am Coffee, biscuits & chat. 8pm at the Lion Hotel - Where is God in all of this? Chatting about faith
Friday 7pm Angel Voices (informal choir) rehearse.
Saturday 4th October Cleaning Crew
Sunday 5th October 5.30pm Concert by Tapestry Singers
Select "Service & Events" to see What's On at St Mary's in the coming weeks
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For details of all services across our benefice during the month, click here https://www.shorturl.at/DSUV6
About us.
Our Benefice is currently (since June 2025) in a vacancy and looking for a new Priest-in-Charge to join us. We are a friendly village church with an active congregation. We run a variety of services and events throughout the year. Something for everyone, we hope. The church is open every day and visitors are always welcome. Our main services are on Sunday at 11am and Wednesday at 10.00am.
You are welcome to join us for tea/coffee & chat at 11am every Wednesday, Saturday Social - there's something on, with refreshments, most saturday mornings, and on the afternoon of the second Wednesday each month we host a Community Cafe with befrienders/transport group Friends in Deed. We are voucher holders and a collection point for the Foodbank. We have strong links with the local school, Buckden Primary Academy, and with Hardwick Dene Care Home.
We run various group activities including Junior Church and youth@thetowers for children/youth; Angel Voices for singers; bell-ringers; Getting Active for those who like to walk, Cleaning Crew. Our Living Stones Room is available to hire for small groups events.
You can follow us on facebook: St Mary's Buckden
Sunday's 11am service is usually streamed to our YouTube Channel: St Mary's Church Buckden
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St Mary's Buckden is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). The Diocese of Ely’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advise our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the DSA. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services.
